A federal government shutdown looks more and more likely: What to know

Sep 21, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    94% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"(Once the shutdown ends, workers are typically compensated in full for their missed paychecks.)"
Positive
12% Conservative
"Social Security recipients will continue to receive payments, which aren't funded through aual appropriations, but the Social Security Administration will not issue Social Security cards until a shutdown ends."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"McCarthy had promised conservatives that, in return for their support for his bid to become speaker, the House would handle each bill on its own."
Positive
12% Conservative
"You stick with it, Rep. Brendan F. Boyle (Pa.), the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, said Wednesday."
Positive
4% Conservative
"A good portion of the money allocated for Ukraine is being spent in this country to rebuild our industrial base, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McCoell said Tuesday."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Some hard-right Republicans support lowering the top-line budget to about $1.4 trillion, which is below the $1.6 trillion agreed upon by McCarthy and President Biden earlier this year."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Some hard-right Republicans support lowering the top-line budget to about $1.4 trillion, which is below the $1.6 trillion agreed upon by McCarthy and President Biden earlier this year."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Some GOP lawmakers are considering getting behind a shell bill that could serve as the vehicle that allows moderates to supersede McCarthy's control of the House floor and force a vote to keep the government open, three people familiar with the plan told The Post."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"When is the government shutdown deadline?Congress and the Biden administration have until Sept. 30, when the federal fiscal year ends, to reach an agreement on next year's budget and prevent a shutdown."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Intraparty feuding between moderates and the hard-right lies at the heart of the GOP's inability to reach a compromise and highlights the challenge before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Both factions largely agree that federal spending should be reduced."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The stopgap measure, introduced by McCarthy, would cut overall federal spending by 1 percent, but exempts certain categories from reductions like the military and immigration enforcement."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"It's not there, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a key negotiator from the hard line House Freedom Caucus, said Tuesday."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The most recent government shutdown started in December 2018 during a dispute between President Donald Trump and House Democrats over the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"The stopgap bill from Sunday also did not include Biden's request for Congress to approve a $20.6 billion aid package for Ukraine and billions more in disaster relief."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"But some moderates have said they have no incentive to cut spending further.Democrats have ridiculed the idea they should vote for a lower spending number than what McCarthy and Biden agreed to in May."
Positive
2% Conservative
"But some moderates have said they have no incentive to cut spending further.Democrats have ridiculed the idea they should vote for a lower spending number than what McCarthy and Biden agreed to in May."
Positive
2% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : (Once the shutdown ends, workers are typically compensated in full for their missed paychecks.)
41% : Social Security recipients will continue to receive payments, which aren't funded through annual appropriations, but the Social Security Administration will not issue Social Security cards until a shutdown ends.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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